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Analyzing false positives of four questions in the Force Concept Inventory
- Source :
- Physical Review Physics Education Research, Vol 14, Iss 1, p 010112 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society, 2018.
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Abstract
- In this study, we analyze the systematic error from false positives of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). We compare the systematic errors of question 6 (Q.6), Q.7, and Q.16, for which clearly erroneous reasoning has been found, with Q.5, for which clearly erroneous reasoning has not been found. We determine whether or not a correct response to a given FCI question is a false positive using subquestions. In addition to the 30 original questions, subquestions were introduced for Q.5, Q.6, Q.7, and Q.16. This modified version of the FCI was administered to 1145 university students in Japan from 2015 to 2017. In this paper, we discuss our finding that the systematic errors of Q.6, Q.7, and Q.16 are much larger than that of Q.5 for students with mid-level FCI scores. Furthermore, we find that, averaged over the data sample, the sum of the false positives from Q.5, Q.6, Q.7, and Q.16 is about 10% of the FCI score of a midlevel student.
- Subjects :
- Systematic error
QC1-999
education
General Physics and Astronomy
Machine learning
computer.software_genre
01 natural sciences
Education
mental disorders
0103 physical sciences
False positive paradox
Statistical analysis
010306 general physics
Science instruction
LC8-6691
business.industry
Physics
05 social sciences
nutritional and metabolic diseases
050301 education
Special aspects of education
nervous system diseases
Artificial intelligence
business
Force Concept Inventory
human activities
0503 education
computer
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24699896
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review Physics Education Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9878303687ce057f959a0e4100d0f7ae